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Increasing Trend of Extreme Rain Events Over India in a Warming Environment
- States the stability of the Indian monsoon rainfall over the past century has been a puzzle against a backdrop of rising global surface temperature
- Shows—by using a daily rainfall data set—(i) a significant rising trends in the frequency and the magnitude of extreme rain events and (ii) a significant decreasing trend in the frequency of moderate events over central India during the monsoon seasons from 1951 to 2000
- Finds the seasonal mean rainfall does not show a significant trend, because the contribution from increasing heavy events is offset by decreasing moderate events
- States a substantial increase in hazards related to heavy rain is expected over central India in the future
